Editing Christian II of Denmark (section)

==Personal life==
[[Image:Attributed to the workshop of Pieter van Coninxloo (active 1479-1513) - Isabella of Austria (1501-1526) - RCIN 403466 - Royal Collection.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Isabella of Austria, Christian's wife.]]
Whilst visiting [[Bergen]] in 1507 or 1509, Christian fell in love with a Norwegian girl of Dutch heritage, named [[Dyveke Sigbritsdatter]].  She became his [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] and remained with him until Dyveke's death.  Their relationship was not interrupted by Christian's marriage to [[Isabella of Austria]], the granddaughter of Holy Roman Emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]]. They [[proxy marriage|married by proxy]] on 11 June 1514 in [[Brussels]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55219013|title=Danmarkshistoriens årstal|date=2002|publisher=Aschehoug|author=Skipper, Jon Bloch.|isbn=8711115971|edition=2. revid. udg|location=Copenhagen|pages=143|trans-title=The History of Denmark's dates|oclc=55219013}}</ref>{{sfn|Lockhart|2007|p=13}}<!--Verifies 3 preceding sentences-->  Isabella was brought to [[Copenhagen]] a year later, and the marriage was ratified on 12 August 1515 at [[Copenhagen Castle]], in a ceremony conducted by Birger Gunnersen, [[List of bishops of Lund|Archbishop of Lund]].<ref name=":0" />

Dyveke died in 1517, and Christian was led to believe that the magnate [[Torben Oxe]] had poisoned her.  Oxe's status meant that he should have been tried by the [[Council of State (Denmark)|Council of State]], but instead he was brought to trial by a common jury at Solbjerg outside Copenhagen.  He was found guilty and executed in November 1517.  This act precipitated the division between the king and aristocracy that ultimately led to Christian's deposition.{{sfn|Lockhart|2007|p=14}}

Christian's chief counsellor was Dyveke's mother, [[Sigbrit Willoms]]. Christian appointed her controller of the [[Sound Dues]] of [[Øresund]], and took her advice on all financial matters.{{sfn|Lockhart|2007|p=14}}  A bourgeoise herself, she acted to extend the influence of the middle classes, and formed an inner council, which competed with the ''Rigsraadet'' for power.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=275}} Her influence was resented by the aristocracy, who blamed her for the king's favouring the working classes.